Reserve Forces: West Sussex

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reserve force facilities there are for each service in West Sussex; how many reservists attend each such base regularly; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Murrison: holding answer 10 September 2013
	Detailed in the following table are the names of each reserve force base in West Sussex, the total number of reservists recorded against this group of bases and the number which attend regularly. Regular attendance figures have been determined by the number of reserve personnel who were eligible to receive their bounty within the 12 months previous to 1 July 2013.
	
		
			 Army Volunteer Reserve 
			 Base Location Total at base In regular attendance 
			 Baker Barracks Thorney Island 250 150 
			 Crawley TAC Crawley 250 150 
		
	
	The figures in the above table have been rounded to the nearest 10 and should be considered estimates.
	Army Volunteer Reserve figures are for trained and untrained Army Reserve including Groups A, B, C and therefore include Mobilised Army Reserve, Officer Training Corps and Non Regular Permanent Staff. They exclude Full Time Reserve Service, Regulars and Gurkhas.
	The number of Army Volunteer Reserves shown includes Reserves who may attend bases located throughout the UK, but are recorded against bases in West Sussex because that is where the Unit Headquarters is based.